Southern Highlands

Map of Southern Highlands

The Southern Highlands is located within Act I.

Contents

Areas and Dungeons within Southern Highlands

• Ancient Pyre - (Event - Revenge of Gharbad)
• Karyna's Lost Wagon
• Lyceum - (Event - The Crumbling Tower)
• Abandoned Servant House
• Cave of the Moon Clan
• Watch Tower - (Event - The Scavenged Scabbard)

Access to Levels

• Northern Highlands
• Highlands Crossing

Common Monsters

• Burrowing Leaper
• Dark Cultists
• Dark Moon Clan Impaler
• Dark Moon Clan Shaman
• Dark Moon Clan Warrior
• Highland Walker
• Savage Beast
• Vicious Hellion
• Withermoth

Special Monsters

• Cadhul the Deathcaller Dark Summoner
• Gharbad - Khazra Warrior - Revenge of Gharbad event
• Buras the Impaler - Khazra Impaler
• Nalghban the Foul - Khazra Shaman
• Skehlinrath - Khazra Shaman

Checkpoints

Checkpoints are respawn points. Players who die appear back at the last checkpoint they reached. Players can also leave the game and resume at the last checkpoint at a later date. In effect they are a 'save game' feature. The following Checkpoints appear in Southern Highlands

• Once you have found Karyna's Lost Wagon.
• Once you've opened the Khazra Barricade.

Waypoint

Waypoints are special plates on the ground that form a network of jump points allowing players to instantly teleport between them. The nearest waypoint for Southern Highlands appears at various locations in the area, there is no set location.

Lore Entries

• The Khazra Massacre
• A Summoner's Journal

Quotes

• Enchantress: "The cultists cannot hide from us forever. We will take the battle to them."
• Scoundrel: "Why do I get the feeling that there are more cultists here..."
• Templar: "These lands once belonged to the crown."

Associated Achievements

Southern Highlands is in some way involved in the following achievement(s).

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">In the Mountains</achievement>

Gallery

Note: As of patch 6 of the Beta test, it is now night time in the Southern and Northern Highlands.

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  Witch Doctor

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  Ancient Pyre

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  Enclosure

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  Cliffside Dungeon event.

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  Dungeon Entrance

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  River view

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  Mystic near zone entrance.

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  A Withermoth appearing from nowhere.

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  Crossing waypoint.

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  Deathcaller event.

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  Goatman barricade.

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  The Incredible Hulker, now named "Monstro".

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  Karyna's Lost Wagon.

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  Approaching the lyceum.

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  Lyceum entrance.

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  The Skehlinrath event.

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  The Skehlinrath event.

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  Abandoned Servant's House event.

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  Vendor within the house.

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  Pre-alpha version of the Highlands from 2012 GDC.

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  Pre-alpha version of the Highlands from 2012 GDC.